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"Tell me what you pay attention to, and I'll tell you who you are" ---Jose Ortega Y Gassett

Dear Friends and Readers (which are one and the same), a quick postcard from a place I pay attention to: the shores of Harvester Island, where I live and work in commercial fishing every summer. The longest day of the year has come and gone,just a week past, which means I can still journey out to the outhouse at midnight and can read my book as I go. I do take books with me on that jaunt (the o... read more »

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Average rating: 3.97 · 169 ratings · 46 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Spirit of Food: Thirty-Four Writers on Feasting and Fasting Toward God by Leslie Leyland Fields (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nancy J. Nordenson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.54 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Surviving the Island of Grace: A Memoir of Alaska 3.64 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Parenting Is Your Highest Calling: And Eight Other Myths That Trap Us in Worry and Guilt 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Surprise Child: Finding Hope in Unexpected Pregnancy 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Out on the Deep Blue: Women, Men, and the Oceans They Fish 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hooked!: True Stories of Obsession, Death & Love from Alaska's Commercial Fishing Men and Women 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Water Under Fish 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters by Andrea J. Buchanan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carolyn Alessio (Contributor), Kim Fischer (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson

by Wes Jackson

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Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture

by Peter J. Leithart

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Leslie Leyland said: "One of the best books on exegesis and hermaneutics that I've read or consulted in a long time. Eugene Peterson's quadrogy (made-up word for 4 book series) "Eat this Book," "Tell it Slant," etc.held top honors in this category for me---and still, thes...more "

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Leslie Leyland added: Reluctant Pilgrim: A Moody, Somewhat Self-Indulgent Introvert's Search for Spiritual Community by Enuma Okoro read in April, 2012	My rating:
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Leslie Leyland is currently reading: Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer	My rating:
Apr 28, 2012 03:56pm
Leslie Leyland is currently reading: Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson by Wes Jackson	My rating:
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Leslie Leyland gave to: A Community Called Atonement by Scot McKnight read in April, 2012	My rating:
A marvelous theology of atonement, enlarging our usual privatized understanding. As usual, McKnight is lucid, insightful and prophetic---and efficient! This is a fairly short read, yet brevity increases rather than diminishes its exposition. Very hel...more
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Leslie Leyland made a comment on her review of Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture "HI David!! I had to check who this was. Of course--You David!! I agree with you--should be required reading for all readers of the Scriptures. I only...more "
Nov 01, 2011 09:47pm · see review
Leslie Leyland is currently reading: Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture by Peter J. Leithart	My rating:
One of the best books on exegesis and hermaneutics that I've read or consulted in a long time. Eugene Peterson's quadrogy (made-up word for 4 book series) "Eat this Book," "Tell it Slant," etc.held top honors in this category for me---and still, thes...more
Oct 31, 2011 06:04pm · see review
Leslie Leyland marked as to-read: See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity by Amy Frykholm	My rating:
Oct 31, 2011 05:55pm
Leslie Leyland added: 25 Books Every Christian Should Read: A Guide to the Essential Spiritual Classics by Julia L. Roller	My rating:
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